A SIMPLE EXAMPLE

Suppose you want to build:

RESEARCH AGENT

Objective

Research a topic and produce a sourced report.

Knowledge

• source standards;
• how to assess reliability;
• report structure;
• the required domain expertise.

Tools

• Web Search;
• document reading.

Workflow

Define the question → find sources → verify → synthesize → look for contradictions → conclude

Output

• conclusion;
• evidence;
• sources;
• points of uncertainty.

Failure Rule

Not enough sources:

must not guess to complete the report.

That is already a structured Agent.

It doesn’t need thousands of lines of prompt.